Releases Can Be Your Friend

By Alex Barthet If you understand how releases work, you can use them to your advantage during the course of a construction project. There is the release that you give to someone and there is the release you receive from someone. These two releases look very different...

THE PERSONAL GUARANTY AND OTHER WAYS TO GET PAID

By Alex Barthet Extending credit gives you an advantage over your competitors and increases sales. While this is very beneficial, especially in the construction industry, it doesn’t come without some risk.  Extending credit creates a financial exposure for you, and...
Trademarks In The Entertainment Industry

Trademarks In The Entertainment Industry

By Chase Lawyers Trademarks, especially in this dynamic digital age, are becoming increasingly important to protect. A trademark is defined as anything that identifies a company’s services or goods and can be a logo, name or slogan. Such a mark identifies and...

3 Ways Your Lien Can Become Fraudulent

By Robert Klasfeld When properly filed, a construction lien is a great tool for contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers seeking money owed for work performed or goods provided to improve real property. So, when a property owner fails to pay the general...

How To Deal With Pay-When-Paid in Florida

By Alex Barthet They are a big problem for all subcontractors and suppliers – those pay-when-paid provisions stating that payment won’t be due until and unless it is first paid by the owner. This shifting of the risk of non-payment from a general contractor to its...